Congrats to US Women's Champion Irina Krush, who earned a GM norm in the Baku Open, and also pushed her rating past the 2500 mark.

Irina told CLO, "This looks like a beautiful vacation setting, unfortunately during the rest of my days in Baku I had to work really hard :)" Look for Irina's full thoughts on the tournament (as well as future updates on the status of her GM title) in an upcoming CLO piece.